Green Manures
Empty spaces after crops have been harvested? - Sow these 'green manures' to protect bare beds over winter.
White Mustard
Sinapis alba
Rye Grass
Secale cereale
Common Vetch
Vicia sativa
Scorpion Weed
Phacelia spp.
Broad Bean
Vicia faba
Alfalfa
Medicago sativa
Buckwheat
Fagopyrum esculentum
Crimson Clover
Trifolium incarnatum
Red Clover
Trifolium pratense
White Clover
Trifolium repens
Fenugreek
Trigonella foenum-graecum
Perennial Ryegrass
Lolium perenne
Italian Ryegrass
Lolium multiflorum
Lupin
Lupinus polyphyllus
Yellow Trefoil
Medicago lupulina